Climate change is a serious subject. But learning about it can be fun.
Hands-on, engaging learning experiences that ignite curiosity can happen anywhere. Whether it’s in the classroom or outside, we offer a variety of educational resources for students of all ages, informed by our partnership with Portland Public Schools as we deliver the first ever fully integrated K-12 Climate Literacy curriculum.
Some of these activities require a printer but many can be completed using a smartphone or laptop. Many of these options can be used to support learning taking place in the classroom (ask your student’s teacher about them), while others are just for fun. Check out the table below for grade-level-appropriate options.
Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
Mad Science presents Hazard Hamlet; observations about electricity and safety
Physical Science: Insulations and Conductors
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Activity: Healthy or Harmful?
Life Science: Parents and their Offspring
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Activity: Recipe for Hydropower
Physical Science: Pushes and Pulls
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Video: Virtual tour of Pelton Round Butte hydropower project and Q&A with a biologist
Life Science: Animals, Plants & Their Environment
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Virtual tour of Pelton Round Butte hydropower project (without biologist Q&A)
Life Science: Animals, Plants & Their Environment
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Harborton Habitat Restoration
Life Science: Animals, Plants & Their Environment
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Deeper Dive: Become a Junior Ranger
Life Science
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Middle School
Activity: Restore Your River
Life Science: Ecology
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 children): Host a conversation with a fish biologist
Life Science
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Virtual tour of downstream fish passage on the Clackamas
Life Science: Ecology
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Acoustic Telemetry study behind the scenes
Life Science: Ecology
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Activity: Deschutes Activities Packet
Just for fun
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Activity: Camp-in campout activity card
Just for fun
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Video: Salmon, Science and Stewardship – Q&A with a biologist
Life Science: Ecology
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
High School
Video: Drone on the Range
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Activity: Juniper, Fire and Wildlife
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Video: Mini Sharma-Ogle: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective, Unit 1: Intro to Climate Change and Climate Justice
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Gonzalo Mendez: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 2: Climate Science and Climate Resilience
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Elysia Treanor & Elaine Hart: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Caitlin Horsley: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Geoff Moore: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: McKena Miyashiro & Cristian Salgado: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 4: Climate Justice Politics and Economics
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 students): Host a conversation with a terrestrial biologist
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 students): Host a conversation with a water quality specialist
Next Generation Science Standards 10.3 Elements and Periodic Table
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Safety, savings and energy
Worksheet: Clean Energy Word Search
Clean Energy
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Clean Energy Word Game
Clean Energy
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Energy-Saving Coloring Page - Kitchen
Energy Saving
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Energy-Saving Coloring Page - Living Room
Energy Saving
Materials: Access to a computer and printer
Video: Steer Clear of Electric Sockets
Electrical Safety
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Don’t Touch Downed Power Lines
Electrical Safety
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Look Up Before You Play
Electrical Safety
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Electricity and Water Don’t Mix
Electrical Safety
Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone